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Hooker in Bot. Mag. 2803. is the B. australis of Brown's Prbdromus. — ^ 

 3061. HunnemanM /umariaefolia. The much-esteemed Eschsch61tzi« cali- 

 fornica bears great resemblance to this plant ; " especially in the foliage, 

 the general structm-e of the flower, and in the siliquiform or pod-shaped 

 capsule. It differs, however, in its erect stem and branches, in its yellow 

 petals wanting the band or broad spot of orange towards their base, in its 

 peltate four-lobed stigma, in its two-leaved calyx, in the small receptacle 

 for the parts of the flower, and in its sessile seeds." — 3062. Vernonza 

 *acutif6lia. Produced its pale purple blossoms in the stove in December j 

 a season when ftii less showy flowers ai'e very acceptable. Its nearest 

 relative is doubtless the V. sericea /3 purpurascens, figured in the Bota- 

 nical Register, 522 ; but that has its leaves broad and silky on both 

 sides ; our plant has them narrow, and nearly glabrous. — 3063. Dryandr« 

 nervosa. A plant of considerable beauty, and of much variety of colouring. 



— 3064. Portuliica *GilliesH. The bright red purple flowers of this plant 

 are beautiful ; almost as much so as those of P. grandiflora. The seeds of 

 both species were sent from the plains of Mendoza by Dr. Gillies. Like 

 all other succulent plants from the same country, both species should be 

 kept dry, especially in winter. In P. GiOiesii the short, dotted, very obtuse 

 leaves, the upright and appressed axillary tuft of hairs, together with the 

 large size of the blossoms, afford abundant characters for distinguishing 

 it. — 3065. Indigofera atropurpurea. " The shrub grows very large, and 

 when in full blossom is highly ornamental, on account of its numerous 

 long spikes of dark purple flowers. It is common in the foi'ests of Nepal.'* 



— 3066. Pladera decussata. An inconspicuous plant. 



EdwarcWs Botanical Register. New Series. Edited by John Lindley, 

 F.R.S. L.S. &c.. Professor of Botany in the London University. In 8vo 

 Numbers, monthly. 4^. coloured. 



No. I. of Vol. IV. for March, contai7is 

 1392. *Ledocaq3um (meaning not given, but from karpos, fruit, and, very 

 probably, ledos, a ragged garment, as the capsule is covered with the calyx 

 and involucre) *pedunculare ; Oxalideis affine. A plant of extreme rarity 

 and elegance, with large, showy, saucer-shaped blossoms. " It was collected 

 by the late Mr. M'Rae for the Horticultural Society, during his residence 

 in Chile, in 1825. Two plants only were raised from his seeds, one of 

 which flowered at Chiswick last August. In a favourable summer it would 

 succeed very well out of doors ; but it will, at all times, be necessary to 

 keep it from frost in a green-house, or very good pit, during winter ; and 

 it would be better, perhaps, to consider it altogether as a conservatory 

 plant. It increases by cuttings, but is apt to damp off j if kept in health 

 it is very handsome." This species appears distinct in its alternate leaves, 

 and other points, from L. chiloense of De Cand. Prod. i. 702., making two 

 known species of this interesting family. Dr. Hooker, not aware that this 

 plant was known to botanists and had been described, in a number of his 

 Botanical Miscellany, published since this number of the Botanical Register, 

 gives an engraving and description of this beautifid plant by the name 

 of Cruikshanksw cistiformis, intending thereby to compliment his friend, 

 and the friend of science, Mr. Cruikshanks. On seeing the plant published 

 in the Botanical Register, Dr. Hooker has, however, very canditlly, in an 

 advertising note to his Botanical Miscellany, retracted his name of Cruik- 

 shanksia cistiformis. — 1393. Guettard« speciosa. A tender stove plant, 

 whose white flowers diffuse a most delicious fragrance, both by night and 

 day; it is cultivated in the gardens of India for the sake of its fragrance. 

 It is a native of Madagascar as well as of India. — 1394. Perilomia (»m, 

 around and /owa, a margin ; fruit with a membranous border) ocymoides; 

 Labiatse. " This beautiful plant was discovered in Peru by Mr. Cruikshanks, 

 who presented it to the Horticultural Society, in whose garden it flowered 

 abundantly, in August and September last. It is a half-shrubby plant. 



